The Braves beat the D-Backs last night, 6-4. The Braves led 2-0 after seven innings and scored 4 runs in the top of the eighth. However, the not-so-great Blaine Boyer gave up four runs in the bottom of the eighth to make it a much closer game than it should have been. Charlie Morton pitched 7 shutout innings to get the win and Mike Gonzalez threw 1-1/3 innings to clean up Boyer's mess and get the save. Since July 22, Boyer has given up 10 runs in 6-2/3 innings, not exactly what you want to see from a guy that has pitched in over half of the games this year. The offense did help out a lot. Gregor Blanco, Yunel Escobar, and Brian McCann each had two hits. Escobar had 2 RBI. Mark Kotsay had a solo home run, his 5th of the season. The teams play again tonight at 940p. Jorge Campillo will pitch for the Braves, while Doug Davis will pitch for the D-Backs.
The Olympic opening ceremony has just started as I am writing this e-mail. For the next two weeks, I can become an expert in swimming, gymnastics, and track&field, just like I do every four years. In basketball, the women play Saturday and the men play on Sunday. In Gymnastics, the men's prelims are Saturday and the women's prelims are Sunday. The swimming finals do not start until Sunday. Track&Field does not start until Saturday, August 15th.
The Jeffersonville little league team has made it to the semi-finals of the Great Lakes Region tourney. They play the Jackie Robinson West team from Illinois. Jeffersonville beat the Illinois team 8-7 in pool play earlier in the week. The game is at 430p today. If Jeffersonville wins, they wil be in the championship game, which will be shown live on ESPN at 7pm on Saturday.
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